What's this on the side of my new internal door?

[Blambino99]

Morning, as per title, what's these markings on the top, middle and bottom of the side of my new internal door please? Cheers

[RC1807]

Are they panelled doors, and it's then the edges of the horizontal rails?

[Too Late]

i believe they are noggins which are used to fix the door together

[Blambino99]

This is the door...all the other internal doors are a similar style but fitted a while ago and don't have those things at the side...they don't look very nice when the door is open, is it reasonable to ask for a replacement?

[Simpo Two]

You looked at the door but couldn't work out what they were...?

[Blambino99]

Are horizontal rails and noggins the same thing? Why doesn't this door have them?

[Little Lofty]

Pics not great but looks like a mortice and tenon joint, most internal doors are now held together by dowels, makes a change to see a proper joint.

[Blambino99]

Any more helpful?

[Blambino99]

[joestifff]

That is a wedged mortice and tenon joint.

As mentioned above, a proper joint!



Read this if you're bored:
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/wedged-...

[dazzalse]

Looks like they have been planed back to make them fit and too much has been taken off exposing the joints

[brrapp]

dazzalse said:

Looks like they have been planed back to make them fit and too much has been taken off exposing the joints

This, the others will have a stuck on foredges covering the joints, this one's been planed back too far.

[Little Lofty]

A wedged mortice tenon has to come right through otherwise you wouldn't get the wedges in, you can get stub mortice and tenon joints but that looks wedged. It's perfectly normal to see this on a good quality external door, it's slighlty unusual on a internal door, it's not something I'd loose sleep over though, it's usually a sign of better quality.

[Evolved]

It's on the top of the door, you'll never see it, don't lose sleep over it..

[roofer]

Look on the inner side of the other doors, suspect that is the inner edge showing.

[Rosscow]

As above, it's a mass produced version of a mortice and tenon joint, with wedges.

It's a good thing, OP. Better than dowel joints and other half arsed ways of doing it.

[Mark Benson]

brrapp said:

dazzalse said:

Looks like they have been planed back to make them fit and too much has been taken off exposing the joints

This, the others will have a stuck on foredges covering the joints, this one's been planed back too far.

Commercial doors usually have a strip along the outside edges to cover the ends of the joints. Looks like either, as stated above someone's ordered too wide a door for the gap and have planed down so far they've take off the whole strip or you have an odd sized doorway and they had to make the best fit they could.

If you really want it neatened, you could have a go at taking off even more and sticking a strip back on, but you'll get into a mess with handle etc. as they're already fitted. Far easier to live with than to remedy I'd say.

[Rosscow]

Live with it?! It's absolutely fine and normal.

Sticking a bit on to cover it up is just madness!!!

[8-P]

Looks st regardless, send it back, I wouldnt have that in my house.